Billy Dee Williams is defending actors who want to wear blackface in their performances. The Star Wars actor appeared on Bill Maher’s podcast and recalled Laurence Olivier’s performance in 1965’s ...

Billy Williams, who has died aged 95, was one of the leading British cinematographers across four decades, winning an Oscar for his work on Richard Attenborough’s Gandhi (1982). Exactly a year earlier ...

In more than four decades, on the big and little screen, Billy Dee Williams has amassed an impressive array of film and television roles, ranging from an NFL star in "Brian's Song" to the suave love ...

Billy Williams, the esteemed British cinematographer who shared an Oscar for shooting Gandhi and also was nominated for his work on the Glenda Jackson-starring Women in Love and Henry Fonda’s final ...

The greatest film in the galaxy. “Star Wars: Episode V — The Empire Strikes Back” is 45 years old today – and Billy Dee Williams couldn’t be prouder to have starred in such a ground-breaking piece of ...

Billy Dee Williams gave fellow actors the green light to “do anything you want to do” for their work — including using blackface. Williams, who is the first Black actor to be prominently featured in ...

Actor Billy Dee Williams has said there is nothing wrong with performers wearing blackface, because “if you’re an actor, you should do anything you want to do.” Speaking to Bill Maher on the “Club ...

In his memoir, “What Have We Here?,” the actor writes about his friendships with Hollywood icons and literary lions. By Elisabeth Egan Elisabeth Egan is an editor at the Book Review and the author of ...

Star Wars actor Billy Dee Williams has said he'd return to the franchise for "a lot of money" and, as Disney eyes a Donald Glover-led spin-off film, declared: "there's only one Lando." Speaking to the ...

Renowned British cinematographer Billy Williams, who won Academy Award for Gandhi (1982), has passed away at 96. British Cinematographer magazine confirmed his death, although the reason has not been ...

Film legend Billy Dee Williams recently shared his thoughts on blackface, saying that he believes actors should be able to do it.